Tranquilliser addicts need help

Hovedet værker, maven snører sig sammen, leddene er ømme. Den lille smerte får i stigende grad danskerne til at tage piller. Hver eneste dansker tager ifølge Apotekerforeningens salgstal 175 smertestillende piller om året. Vi vil ikke længere finde os i kroppens små irritationsmomenter de skal skylles væk i en fart, også selv om det rent faktisk…

In the new documentary ‘How To Make Money Selling Drugs,’ Em opens up about his battle with prescription pills. Eminem rediscovered his fire — and returned to prominence — on 2010’s Recovery, the album where he came clean about his addiction to prescription pills and his struggle to remain sober. And now, in the new…

Prescription drug overdoses have become alarmingly common in the U.S., with opioid painkillers, such as Vicodin and Oxycontin, among the drugs most frequently making headlines. New research shows another class of drugs — benzodiazepines or “benzos” — is rising in the ranks of overdose deaths, however. Prescriptions for such drugs, which include brand names Valium,…

Skarp kritik fra Grand Prix-vinder Niels ’Noller’ Olsen: Læger udskriver alt for mange stærkt vanedannede nervepiller. Lægerne ‘burde skamme sig’, siger musikeren ‘Pushere!’ Niels Olsen alias ‘Noller’, den ene af de to Olsen-brødre, er mest kendt for sine ufarlige popsange om kærlighed. Men den normalt så venlige og smilende popsanger skruer nu bissen på. Han…